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Monday, February 11, 2013

Military Monday - A Newly Minted WWII Army Private

This is a photo of
my dad after he was drafted into the Army in 1943 during World War II. He was
sent to Camp Gruber, Oklahoma, for basic training before shipping out to the
war in Europe. He still looks wet behind
the ears in this photo.

2 comments:

Catherine, your dad does look very innocent, and amazes me that people so young fought World War II, but they did. I'm glad to see your dad's picture. My dad received his orders in June 1942. He was 30 years old by then, but in the pictures he looks almost as wet behind the ears as your dad. He left with the Army for Europe, and was in France and then England during the bombing. Now I'm going to read your previous post about how your dad got wounded.